Questions

1. Is the American government to blame for the 9/11 attacks?
2. Why did the terrorist group target America?
3. Was going to war after the attacks the correct decision by U.S. Congress?

Response

In Sontag’s article she raises the question, is the American government to blame for the 9/11 attacks? I think this is a legitimate question to try and figure out what the reasoning is behind this attack to the World Trade Centers. The constant bombing of the Middle East and some type of American military presence in those countries is a reason for hatred for the United States of America. So there is the spark to the fire. Another reason is that America is trying to world police every nation. Which most countries do not like and would rather be left alone to function the way they have been for thousands of years. This is one thought some people would have on why the terrorist group would have planned this attack and executed it as well. There is also the conspiracy theorist point of view which is that the United States government actually planned this attack and framed Al-Qaeda and Osama Bin Laden. I have talked a lot about this to my friends and watched hours of documentaries about this subject that all say the government was to blame for these attacks. They say their reasoning behind these attacks were to be able to invade the Middle East to gain control of the oil there. I don’t think this is a good explanation for why the American Government is to blame, but I do feel that the first idea about why America is to be blamed has a strong case. I do not think these attacks were random I feel like it was brought upon America due to years of hatred because of our actions in their countries. To answer the question I feel that America is to blame ourselves for the attacks.